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[horred the plague]

OK, haste  is probably the same thing as Blur was. As for the castigng = attack, it's probably something in the Threat Level detection. It was set up years ago for BG2, and probably needs some tweaking to work properly for BG1. Then again, it always was a bit conservative on spells. Personally I'd rather have that than casting Dragon's Breath on a couple of giant rats (wasteful indiscriminate casting) -- but I'll see if some tweaks would do it justice or not. Mod release may be after the weekend as a result...

[horred the plague]

Haste, Improved Haste, and Ranger Kit Haste were all addressed for both BGEE and BG2. It was a slightly different issue, but similar and fixed easily enough.

 

For the "problems" with sorcerors and attacking over casting---I'm still in debate. A sorceror might be better off w/ a different script. Mage spell resouces are more limited, and they should be a bit more reluctant to sling off their spell cache. Sorcerors on the other hand can cast a lot more spells than a mage, even make choices "midstream" (no rest--memorization//lockdown). They should be somewhat more willing to cast away. Nothing drastic though.

 

The case of "a party of sorcerors" is an extreme example, and hard to build a mainstream script set around. Ideally they would be casting in conjunction and complimentary to each other---but two major holdups to this. 1) IE scripting could only handle this to a very lesser degree w/o taking on a "cutscene-style" battle approach. 2) to set up the scripts for a party of sorcerors would be too customized to benefit most other party lineups.

 

 

 

But, I'll see what can be done. BG1 doesn't have demi-liches, dragons, major demons, and other things considered a "level 4" threat in the BG2 (level 0 = no threat/enemies--> level 4 = severe threat). A 10-HP/1+1 HD orc could be considered a major threat to a lvl 1 scrub-ling, in theory. So, stands to reason some changes might be beneficial. As long as I can do it in a manner that doesn't become overbearing to performance, I'm all for the increased accuracy.

[horred the plague]

Haste, Improved Haste, and Ranger Kit Haste were all addressed for both BGEE and BG2. It was a slightly different issue, but similar and fixed easily enough.

 

For the "problems" with sorcerors and attacking over casting---I'm still in debate. A sorceror might be better off w/ a different script. Mage spell resouces are more limited, and they should be a bit more reluctant to sling off their spell cache. Sorcerors on the other hand can cast a lot more spells than a mage, even make choices "midstream" (no rest--memorization//lockdown). They should be somewhat more willing to cast away. Nothing drastic though.

 

The case of "a party of sorcerors" is an extreme example, and hard to build a mainstream script set around. Ideally they would be casting in conjunction and complimentary to each other---but two major holdups to this. 1) IE scripting could only handle this to a very lesser degree w/o taking on a "cutscene-style" battle approach. 2) to set up the scripts for a party of sorcerors would be too customized to benefit most other party lineups.

 

 

 

But, I'll see what can be done. BG1 doesn't have demi-liches, dragons, major demons, and other things considered a "level 4" threat in the BG2 (level 0 = no threat/enemies--> level 4 = severe threat). A 10-HP/1+1 HD orc could be considered a major threat to a lvl 1 scrub-ling, in theory. So, stands to reason some changes might be beneficial. As long as I can do it in a manner that doesn't become overbearing to performance, I'm all for the increased accuracy.

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I'm not sure if this is the appropriate place to post his, so apologies if it's not. I'm running into some strange (hilarious) behavior with the BPFT-TH script on a Thief (Bounty Hunter) in BG:EE. Occasionally, while in a tavern or inn after a NPC dialog ends that was initiated using a different character, he will decide some seemingly random (I haven't noticed a pattern) commoner needs to be backstabbed. He's not chaotic evil, so he really has no excuse . It's happened 3 or 4 times now. The most recent was after talking to Volo for the first time in Nashkel.

 

Let me know if you need more details and I can try to get them for you. If I notice anything else that seems relevant with the behavior I'll post again.

 

Anyway, thanks for the scripts. They seem to be working well minus that.

 

Thanks for the feedback. It helps a lot in making these scripts better/more bug-free, as it tells me where to direct my attentions.

 

I've been battling this issue for quite some time. I'm pretty sure it's something dumb in the targetting, but it still evades me. Is it still happening in the latest version? I hadn't seen it happen in a while, so though I had it beaten.

 

For me, it was hapening when exitting a convo with a different NPC. I had a good test environment going in the temple of umberlee, and beat the problem in that place. Thus, thought it was maybe solved...

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I've got a new version posted: 0.3034. Included are fixes for the looping buff spells, a (tentative, possible) fix for the weird backstabbing behavior, adjustments to threat assessment for lower level parties (under 7th, inc dual/multiclass support) and removal of the weapon enchantment fix (the latest BGEE fixed it). Please let me know how it goes for everybody; thanks for the reports.

[horred the plague]

I've got a new version posted: 0.3034. Included are fixes for the looping buff spells, a (tentative, possible) fix for the weird backstabbing behavior, adjustments to threat assessment for lower level parties (under 7th, inc dual/multiclass support) and removal of the weapon enchantment fix (the latest BGEE fixed it). Please let me know how it goes for everybody; thanks for the reports.

Using 0.3034 now. Seems the BPFT-TH is still acting up for me. He actually attacked on of my party members I had just dropped from the group to pick up another. Again after a conversation ended, and again with only a normal attack this time.

 

Then it must be as I earlier expected. Something in a conversation ending file is somehow triggering a hostile action at some depth of engine level. Obviously not intended, but evidence suggests it's there nonetheless. My last blocks of sight detection before the backstabbing are for LastAttacker(Myself) and LastHitter(Myself). Somehow ending a conversation is being counted as an "attack." It's the only logical conclusion...

 

This falls in line w/ a subnote in IEDSP, regarding the CombatCounter() trigger:

 

 CombatCounter can give false results after dialog has been completed or after a Hide in Shadows check has been failed.

 

 

FIX: For this LastAttacker() (probably not LastHitter), we're also going to have to add a check to see if any party member is in conversation. Weird as that sounds, I have a feeling this will cure the blues (funny as this bug can be at times--some of my rogue's sneak-kills were classically very well-timed). However, our options for detecting dialog state in IE are quite limited.

 

Something like this:

 

IF
    AttackedBy([ANYTHING],DEFAULT)
    !InParty(LastAttackerOf(Myself))
    OR(3) 
        !StateCheck(LastAttackerOf(Myself),0x00400010) // This means invisible or improved invisibility (inc stealth)
        CheckStatGT(Myself,0,SEEINVISIBLE)
        CheckStatGT(Myself,0,118) // This detects True Sight or equivalent

    !StateCheck(LastAttackerOf(Myself),STATE_CHARMED) // Only a charmed friend would be attacking us

    !Class(LastAttackerOf(Myself),INNOCENT) // Typically, a commoner or other "non-combatant"

    !IsGabber(Player1) // IEDSP claims this handles Active Speaker,
    !IsGabber(Player2) // But I'm skeptical because of the SetGabber(O:Object*) Action
    !IsGabber(Player3) // Still, it's the ONLY chance I see at detecting dialog state in others
    !IsGabber(Player4)
    !IsGabber(Player5)
    !IsGabber(Player6)
    See(LastAttackerOf(Myself))
    False()
THEN
    RESPONSE #100
        Continue()
END

 

 

Ben, can you test this one out for me on your end? You can simply drop the attached script in the BPSeries/source/bgee folder and reinstall. IEDSP claims IsGabber(O:Object*) detects current speaker in active dialog. I'm skeptical of this claim, because of how the SetGabber(O:Object*) action works, but it's our only chance (as noted in the script). I'd test myself, but my right shoulder is a twisted mess ATM from overcomputing and I can't do extended sessions at the helm. Thanks!

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•  BPFT-TH.BAF   126.02K   397 downloads

[horred the plague]

I wasn't too confident the IsGabber trick would work, honestly. The way I know it, you SetGabber on somebody in one script round, in the next round they ring true for the IsGabber() check. Its original use was for Noober in Nashkell, I believe.

 

This only leaves one resort. I have to restrict backstabbing activities to strictly "enemies" (the red circle kind). I haven't seen any case where a character openly attacks after a convo. It's the same commands as backstabbing, in theory they should--in fact, the conditions are much stricter on the backstab check. So, it must be something exclusive with stealth and convos. Obviously an original BG2 bug, and not corrected in BGEE.

 

Thanks for the Charmed report though. It's good to hear that new code is running fine at least, for someone besides me.

 

 

 

EDIT: Stealth/Convo/CombatCounter() bug reported on BGEE forums. We have hope for the future.

Edited by horred the plague, 25 January 2013 - 05:35 AM.

[horred the plague]

BPSeries has been updated to v0.3040.

 

Changes:

 

   --New Monk Script: BP-Monk, by request. Features near/far attack targetting toggle, seperate toggles for stealth and find traps, and accounts for all monk abilities including a level check for diease/poisoning (if they're at immunity level, they block shuts down early saving parse time). One drawback is that I had to remove the weapon switching toggle. I cannot handle monk fists with weapon switching, due to engine limitations. (If somebody knows of a workaround for this, please share your wisdom).

 

   --Touchups to Backstabbing: Because of the bug w/ Dialogs/Stealth/et. al. and false CombatCounter readings, I added another conditional check. Backstabs will only occur if the stabber can Detect a NearestEnemy. This should hopefully at least stop them from attacking a group of Neutrals (Blue Circle NPC's) after a conversation ends.

 

 

 

TRANSLATORS: I had to add a few new strings for the Monk script. If you'd like to update your files to match and get rid of my English, just pass them along and I'll get them included. If anybody wants to pick up the lacking language files, or add a new language, just let me know and pass me a TRA file. Thanks for your efforts!

[Lisandro]

¡Español actualizado...!

 

¡Nos vemos!

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•  Setup.tra   14.87K   335 downloads

Edited by Lisandro, 17 February 2013 - 09:07 AM.

[horred the plague]

Thanks Lisandro! I'll hold off a couple days and see if any more come in, then post a new TRA'ed version.

[Quiet]

Updated Russian translation for BPSeries v0.3040.

[Isaya]

Here are the files for french. The archive includes the whole french directory with both ansi and utf8 versions.

I hope there is no problem with my archive anymore.

 

Keep up the good work, horred.

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•  BP-Series-french.zip   11.69K   302 downloads

[horred the plague]

Here are the files for french. The archive includes the whole french directory with both ansi and utf8 versions.

I hope there is no problem with my archive anymore.

 

Keep up the good work, horred.

 

Isaya--sorry for the late response. Well.....I tried three archiver tools--Zip Genius, 7-Zip, and WinRar--as well as straight Windows un-zipping. ZipGenius crashes, 7-Zip and WinRar give me a single 11.6kb file w/ no file extension. Windows-based opening tells me the archive is corrupted. I downloaded it more than once, with same results What tool are you using to pack these, and/or is it Windows OS? Just trying to figure out what is going wrong and how to make it right--whether it's on your end or on mine.